Little baby Pure Power Plant Fem.
ICmag, I have a question that I need some assistance with please.
I have an Aero cloner and I have used it for the last 2 years with no problems.
I recently moved into a new place so the water source is different but I have an RO/DI filtering all the water I use on my plants.
Here is my problem. My cuttings were real slow to root, while some finally did, I notice the roots that did develop were real weak. They break off the plant real easily. In fact when I go to pot them in soil, the weight of the soil alone breaks the roots off.
I have never had this happen before and am not sure what too correct to try and resolve this problem.
I have never adjusted the pH of the water in the past and always had great results. I checked it today and it was around 4.9, which is low I know but it never has effected me before.
The only rational thing I can think of is perhaps the water was to acidic and it was weakening the roots? Any opinions?
Has this ever happen to anyone else? Any insight will be much appericated. Thank you all
I don't know but I've been using an aero cloner for the past six years with great success. All of the sudden this year it's just not up to par. The parameters haven't changed as far as I know. They root but take forever compared to usual and they are far from as healthy as normal.
A friend of mine with the same set up is having the same issues at a different location also. His theory is it has something to do with the weird winter weather we've had but I think it's just grasping at straws. He's tried numerous things to correct the problem to no avail.
Myself I just switched to cloning in coco and it's been working wonderfully.
Hey Benny, things looking good...
Just my 2cent about rapid rooters, I never used them with cloning gel and had around 95% success cloning. I would just take cuts, put on the rapid rooter wet and put in a cointainer almost air tight. Open even 5 days and make sure there's still moisture in it. After 10 days you should see roots!
Take care and good luck!